In the Xiao Mansion, a soldier hurriedly came in, and after a report, he was allowed to go in to report.

"My lord, I just got the news that someone attacked the dignitaries of the town guard mansion at night tonight, and the town guard mansion has killed most of the gangsters, and one of the gangsters escaped with a hostage, and the Guards Legion is currently searching for them throughout the city. Moreover, the Lord Governor had ordered martial law throughout the city, and no one was allowed to leave the city without his orders. ”

"Got it, you go down. When the soldiers had withdrawn, the room was again filled with three people, two sitting and one standing. Lord Xiao continued: "I saw that old guy really angry this time. ”

"Father, will this not be good for us. ”

"It's okay, I just want to see how good he is. Then Lord Xiao said to the people beside him: "You have people strengthen the defense outside the mansion, and once you find any suspicious people, you will immediately kill them, especially those who may escape from the town guard mansion." ”

Xiao San took the order to leave, and by the way, he also took a group of soldiers outside the door.

"Father, did you kill them directly? In case they have already succeeded, should we get the things in our hands first. Xiao Ming asked with a little confusion.

"These people made me look at it differently, and they were able to do it like this. However, if he really wants to succeed, who will take a woman who drags him down? I'm afraid that the person thinks that even if he can't get something, he can make a mistake and save his life by bringing someone here. ”

"Since he can bring people here, why does my father still want to kill him? These people are from the Fang family, will there be something wrong with us doing this?"

"People from the Fang family?" Lord Xiao smiled: "Don't say that they are just the chess pieces found by the Fang family, even if they are really from the Fang family, that person can't live." From the time they got involved in this matter, several of them were already dead, and no matter what the outcome of the matter was, their outcome would not change. After speaking, Lord Xiao took a sip of tea.

"I see, it's my father's thoughtfulness. ”

Lord Xiao smiled slightly: "The Fang family is more ruthless than me. This group of people took this job because they owed the Fang family a favor, but the Fang family, who they thought were the backing, was ready to kill people before they came here. If you want to play, first of all, you have to have equal strength, this group of people is not even a playmate in the eyes of the Fang family, they are not even insects. After Lord Xiao finished speaking, he suddenly said: "You go and notify the outside, if there is an accident, send a signal and let the 100,000 troops stationed in the camp come over." That old guy has to guard against it tonight. ”

Xiao Ming's expression froze, and then he retreated.

Outside the Hongfeng Fortress, a group of three people and six fast horses were heading in the direction of the imperial capital, at the first fork, one person broke away from the team, and the remaining two people were also separated in the second. The three of them galloped away in three paths.

In the town guard mansion, Zhang Zhendu put down the knife: " Three things: first, order the whole city to search and arrest, be sure to find that person, rescue the Li family's girl, Hongfeng Fortress anywhere for me to turn upside down, remember that it is anywhere, including the mansions of major dignitaries, if there is resistance, kill on the spot; second, here are two lists, one you can trust, and the other will die tonight; third, tonight, the generals above the squadron in charge of security and patrol will all be transferred from the fortress, and the personnel in charge of guarding outside the palace will also be transferred regardless of their official positions, as for the palace and your guards, the old man will not ask much, you can handle it yourself。 ”

Qiu Zhen was terrified when he heard this, the things involved here are too big, but thinking of tonight's incident, it is impossible to say that it has nothing to do with the patrol team that has been on guard, and even thinking that his own guard regiment can't get out of it, Qiu Zhen felt a chill in his heart.

When he took the list, opened it and only glanced at it, he froze on the spot, and he was shocked that the list to be dealt with was densely packed, from the squadron leader to the corps commander, the number of people, and the breadth of the involvement was really chilling. Second, he was shocked by the real power in the hands of the town governor, and being able to get this list showed that the power in the town governor's hands was by no means what it seemed, and even himself, the commander of the guards, was kept in the dark, but fortunately, the town governor still trusted himself after this incident.

Qiu Zhen had to admire Zhang Zhendu, changed himself, what happened tonight in the palace guarded by the Guards, the first thing he suspected would be the person in charge of the Guards Legion, and then look at another list, which is also dense and wide-ranging, and even several of them have been at odds with himself and the town governor, Qiu Zhen suddenly felt that it was not that he had misestimated the power of the town governor, I am afraid that the entire fortress was wrong.

"My lord, some of these people are already army commanders, you can arrest them first, it seems that it is not in accordance with the rules to kill them, and their disposal must be decided by Your Majesty. And you don't seem to have given me any evidence or charges. ”

Zhang Xuanzong picked up the knife again: "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about it, as for the charges and evidence, you can do it, the old man doesn't need evidence to kill them." ”

Zhang Xuanzong said calmly, but Qiu Zhen's heart was turbulent, as if he knew the old man in front of him for the first time. After thinking about it, the person in front of him had survived in the sea of corpses and blood in the melee of several countries, Qiu Zhen suddenly felt that he was a man of the hour in the Red Peak Fortress, and this rising star who might even succeed Zhang Xuanzong in charge of the fortress, was so naïve in front of the real town governor. Scheming, city government, ruthlessness, decisiveness, scheming, etc., seem to be far inferior to themselves, and even inferior to themselves in employing people, at least the town governor can do it without suspicion of suspicion.

Qiu Zhen took the order and left, and all the battalions of the Guards Corps were dispatched that night, and the first to go was the northern battalion of the Sifang Battalion.

When the Guards arrived to capture the people, the garrison regiment naturally resisted vigorously, originally with the Guards as a few men, even if the quality of the soldiers was much higher, it would not be an opponent of their own side, and in the absence of the emperor's will, even the town governor's actions tonight were absolutely overstepping.

Just when the garrison corps was clamoring to confront the Guards Corps, suddenly some of the generals defected to the side of the Guards Corps, the situation changed sharply, some generals suddenly took action to capture the backbone of the resistance, and some were even killed on the spot, losing the leader, the resistance was weak, and collapsed in an instant, and the Guards Corps soon gained control of a large battalion, and after leaving some of the garrison generals to clean up the large battalion, they immediately went to another large battalion.

Outside the Red Peak Fortress, three people and six horsemen were hurrying away. When they came across the first fork, one of them broke away from the group, and the other two continued on their way. When they encountered the second fork, the remaining two people were also separated, and each of them carried a letter with them, but the content of the letter was the same, which was written by the governor of the Southern Regions.

On the No. 1 side, Li Yu'er, who was unconscious, was still shuttling through the streets, but his speed was slower now, because not long ago, there were suddenly a lot more searchers on the street, and this time they directly forcibly entered various residences and shops to search, and even No. 1 saw a person with a noble title who wanted to resist, but was directly knocked unconscious and dragged away by a soldier of the Guards Legion. No. 1 knew in his heart that his brothers had pierced the sky of this Red Peak Fortress.

For today's plan, it is impossible to escape from the city, only the Xiao family can save themselves, but the road to the Xiao family is also difficult, No. 1 looked at the torches that kept shaking between the streets, and the moonlight above his head was a little brighter.

In the Southern Regions Guard's Mansion, there are two thousand more black-armored soldiers at this moment, and the armor of these soldiers is obviously different from that of the Guards Legion, compared to the solemnity and brightness of the Guards Legion, the armor of these people is obviously more hideous and cold.

This team of 2,000 people entered the city from the south gate not long ago, and at this moment, looking at the situation of them obeying orders in front of Zhang Zhendu, it is not difficult to know that these people are all diehards of Zhang Zhendu, and at this moment there is another person in front of Zhang Zhendu, and this person is Pan Cong, the person in charge of the tomb guard in the fortress.

"Lord Governor, no matter what you do tonight, you don't have to worry about the tomb guards. Before leaving, my lord had already instructed that the tomb guards must be staunch allies. Pan Cong smiled all over his face.

"Well, thank you to Mr. Pan. In the eyes of Zhang Zhendu, the strength of the tomb guard in the fortress is insignificant, what he cares about is the intelligence of the tomb guard and the position of the upper echelons of the tomb guard in front of His Majesty.

Pan Cong was not dissatisfied, and when he saw Zhang Zhendu pick up the knife, he immediately got out of the way.

"Let's go. As soon as Governor Zhang gave the order, he rolled towards Xicheng with two thousand men and horses.

The Xiao family in Xicheng is the only taboo force in Zhang Zhendu tonight, the Xiao family's power in the seven provinces of the Southern Regions is huge, the military and political circles are intertwined, and even the economy is quite involved. Moreover, the western camp of Hongfeng Fortress is almost completely controlled by the Xiao family, and he has given Qiu Zhen a list of western battalions, but there is nothing to borrow from the western battalion, in case the Xiao family really confronts the Guards Legion, even if they can rely on the other three battalions to gain the upper hand, in the end, I am afraid that His Majesty will not be able to save it, and even worry about his life. The entire Hongfeng Fortress will inevitably be greatly damaged by the Xiao family's plan to burn all the jade.

In the Xiao Mansion in Xicheng, a soldier was quickly heading to the backyard.

"My lord, the Guards Legion has cleared the north camp and is currently in the east camp, and will go straight to the south camp immediately, as soon as the south camp ends, I am afraid it will be the west camp. ”

Lord Xiao suddenly got up: "Is that old thing crazy? ”

"My lord, there is news from the North Battalion that the Guards Legion has arrested a lot of generals, and these people should be on the side that is at odds with the town governor, and a large part of the generals in the North Battalion have directly defected to the Guards Legion, which makes the North Battalion completely controlled by the Guards Legion, and I think the other two large battalions will do the same. The person then reported.

Lord Xiao clenched his fists, and then said to Xiao Ming: "You go to the camp immediately, no matter what, you can't let the Guards Legion control the camp." ”

Xiao Ming also realized the seriousness of the situation, and got up without saying a word to leave. At this moment, there was a vibration of cavalry galloping outside, and then another person broke in: "Lord Yu, Lord Zhen Governor has brought a large group of men and horses to surround Xiao Mansion." ”

"What did you say?" Lord Xiao looked gloomy, then got up and walked towards the main entrance without saying a word. And the soldiers in the courtyard and the guards of the entire Xiao Mansion also followed, and the entire Xiao Mansion was suddenly immersed in an inexplicable tension, as if a taut string could break at any time.

At the main gate of Xiao Mansion, Zhang Zhendu looked at the plaque on the door, and the four gilded characters on it were personally mentioned by His Majesty.

It's also ironic, this Xiao family lord is also a protégé of the Son of Heaven, and in the end he actually colluded with Ole, originally his guess was only seven or eight points sure, but the matter of Hongzhai can already confirm that he is correct, but he has no actual evidence, plus the power of the Xiao family, he is also a rat trap, and it is estimated that he can only knock on it in the end tonight, and only His Majesty can really move the Xiao family.

Just as Zhang Zhendu was sitting on horseback and frowning, the door of the Xiao Mansion was opened, and two teams of heavily armed elite soldiers immediately rushed out of it.